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Table 1 Demographic and maternal health characteristics of the women according to whether a birth plan was presented

From: Birth plan presentation to hospitals and its relation to obstetric outcomes and selected pain relief methods during childbirth

  

Birth plan presented

 

Total

Yes

No

 

N = 422

n = 216 (51.2)

n = 206 (48.8)

p

Age, mean (SD)

31.4 (5.1)

31.2 (5.2)

31.6 (4.9)

0.406a

Country of origin, n (%)

 Spain

301 (71.3)

158 (73.1)

143 (69.4)

0.397b

 Other

121 (28.7)

58 (26.9)

63 (30.6)

 

Education, n (%)

 Primary school or less

82 (19.4)

37 (17.1)

45 (21.8)

0.332b

 High school

201 (47.7)

102 (47.2)

99 (48.1)

 

 University

139 (32.9)

77 (35.7)

62 (30.1)

 

Employment, n (%)

 Yes

305 (72.3)

156 (72.2)

149 (72.3)

0.980b

 No

117 (27.7)

60 (27.8)

57 (27.7)

 

Previous birth(s), n (%)

 Yes

191 (45.3)

95 (44)

96 (46.6)

0.589b

 No

231 (54.7)

121 (56)

110 (53.4)

 

Obstetric risk level, n (%)

 Low

307 (72.7)

161 (74.5)

146 (70.9)

0.398b

 High

115 (27.3)

55 (25.5)

60 (29.1)

 
  1. Data are presented as n (%) or the mean (SD); aStudent’s t test; bchi-squared test; p = p value